Ask-Upmark Kidney, Imaging Features

Authors

  • Aliza Mittal Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Author
  • Pawan Kumar Garg Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Author
  • Binit Sureka 2Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Author

Abstract

Renovascular hypertension is known to occur due to varied causes. Absence of Renal artery stenosis or changes in renal vascular flow make it tough to establish a diagnosis of renovascular hypertension in the absence of invasive investigations. Segmental renal hypoplasia is not only a rare cause for renin mediated hypertension but also requires expertise and high index of suspicion while evaluating children with hypertension.

We describe the classical imaging findings of a child with secondary hypertension which was due to hypoplasia of a renal segment

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Author Biographies

  • Aliza Mittal, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
    Assistant Professor , Pediatrics, AIIMS Jodhpur
  • Pawan Kumar Garg, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
    Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, AIIMS Jodhpur
  • Binit Sureka, 2Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
    Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, AIIMS Jodhpur

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Published

2019-11-28

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PhotoNephrology

How to Cite

Ask-Upmark Kidney, Imaging Features. (2019). Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases, 13(6), 362-371. https://www.ijkd.org/index.php/ijkd/article/view/4788